Celebrate today: Pachi, Pat, Patizzio, Patri, Patricia, Patricio, Patrick, Patti, Patty, Patxi, Paty.
View moreDisciple unbeknown to Christ who faced by him at the hardest time: to ask Pilate pick up His dead body of the cross and bury it in the Tomb.
View moreIn Olomuc, in Moravia, saint Juan Sarkander, priest and martyr, who, being parish priest of Holesov, for refusing reveal the secret of confession was subjected to the ordeal of the wheel and thrown into jail when still breathed, died just a month later.
In the island of Cyprus, saint Pablo, monk, who was burned alive by defending the cult of Holy images (c. 770).
In Nivelles, Brabant, Saint Gertrude, Abbess, who, born of very illustrious lineage, Saint Amadeo received the sacred veil of virgins, presided wisely over the monastery built by his mother, and assiduous in reading the Scriptures, consumed his life with the austerity of vigils and fasts.